A spiny ant at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Polyrhachis phryne | 2 Sep 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Polyrhachis phryne | 2 Sep 2020 | JonLewis | ||
| Podomyrma sp. (genus) | 1 Sep 2020 | jb2602 |
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User's notes
Angular body suggests spiny ant; all black; large square head - maybe P. phryne?
2 comments
JonLewis
wrote:
2 Sep 2020
Hi John, yes, good ID (though I think you may have clicked on Podomyrma instead of Polyrachis accidentally!) Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.154401-35.266079
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Aug 2020 05:23 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Polyrhachis phryne Scientific name
- A spiny ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 955.26m Recorded at altitude
- 74 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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